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How the funnel works
- The bait. A fresh-looking AfterHour profile posts winning trades. Its bio — or the link
behind the profile's link icon — points to a Telegram channel: "free alerts," "VIP signals," "100% free to join."
- The free channel. You join. Signals, profit screenshots, hype. Admins feel like mentors.
Everything is free… for now.
- The upsell. "VIP" access, "copy trading," "managed accounts," or a "challenge" ($1k → $10k).
This is where money changes hands.
- The vanish. Deposits go in. Withdrawals never come out. The channel rebrands or the
admin ghosts. The AfterHour account that recruited you quietly goes dormant — or a twin appears.
Red flags
- Guaranteed returns or win rates — "80% win rate signals," "$1k to $100k challenge." Real trading has no guarantees.
- Private invite links (t.me/+…) shared across multiple "unrelated" accounts — a coordination fingerprint.
- Burner profiles — days or weeks old, a handful of posts, private financial data, pushing one link.
- Identical channel descriptions across supposedly independent groups — copy-paste operation.
- Pressure to move off-platform fast — "everything happens on Telegram, join below."
- Managed accounts / deposit-to-start — anyone asking you to send crypto or wire money to "trade for you" is the end of the funnel.
We graded their trades
These channels advertise winning signals to sell VIP access. We scored
75 of their option calls hold-to-expiry against the entry prices they quoted themselves:
55 expired worthless. Median return: −100%. They claimed a 93% win rate.
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